@Tommy-Ruiterman said:
have the same issue. I’ve learned by now that Garmin doesn't distinguish between the icons created by MRA for hard stops. When transferring from MRA using the Here/Garmin map and GPX 1.1 [route, track, GPI], hard shaping points are displayed exclusively as flags. Garmin can't handle anything else, so no icons for burgers, gas stations, or hotel beds. What I do instead is rename the address using ALL CAPS to things like FUEL STOP, COFFEE, or similar. Does anyone have a better idea or tip?
The problem is not the Garmin, but that the export of the GPX file from MRA is very limited and they do not use the symbol tag in the export. This tag is used by Garmin for displaying the right symbols.
As the POI handling in MRA is very poor, for example when you transfer a POI from your Libary to a route it will not transfer the icon and let you edit it, I ended up creating my own tool in Google sheets for renaming and adding POI, after first trying this in Excel.
I load the route/track/POI created in MRA into the tool, add the Icons in the sheet, and check it in a Leaflet map.
I then export it to a GPX and copy it to the flash card of my device.
As I like to fiddle around and learn new things ( I am not a programmer....) this tool has evolved into a tool to make storyboards, so it not only for tranferring POI files anymore.
Lets hope the new version 6 will have some approvements in POI handeling and transfer to external devices.
Here some screenshots:
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